A tandoor oven makes many northern Indian favorite dishes at Banana Leaf DTLA. Here are the favorites of top food writer diners. Yelp Elite, Keong said, “It is easily the best Indian restaurant in the USA....
Arth Bar + Kitchen in Culver City is adding to another “modern” take on dining: a brand new, festive Bollywood Brunch from 11:30 am to 2:30 PM this Saturday, July 15 with a very special brunch. ...
Thank you so much Binyamina Winery for planting this vineyard in memory and honor of our dear friend Ms.Barbara Hansen, trailblazing culinary writer...
I can think of restaurants that have good service when an owner is not on site, but I can't think of a restaurant with an owner on site that is anything short of perfection, with old school hospitality. One of our new favorites is neighborhood mainstay, Divino in Barrington Court in Brentwood....
St. Vincent Meals on Wheels (SVMOW), the largest, privately funded senior nutrition program in the country, will stage their second annual “Hollywood Under the Stars” fundraiser, on the Paramount Studios lot on Saturday, June 24. LA's top ethnic and historic chefs will be featured....
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Friends in the food business often want to team up on a restaurant. In this case it was bound to be successful when the friends were La Loggia owner, Frank Leon and long-time friend, Sushi Master Chef Shigenori Fujimoto. The third “sweat-equity” partner is actor-Evan Ross (son of Diana). Leon has ...
This year’s AbilityFirst Food & Wine Festival will bring 400 guests together for one exquisite evening featuring more than 20 top restaurants, cocktail bars, wineries, and breweries and much more. The feeling from the minute you drive into the gracious estate is buoyant! The spectacular outdoor gourmet food and d...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Brand new Beach Cities Social Kitchen & Bar ) now bring vibrant international “Cooking California Style” to Redondo Beach! (Beachcitiessocialrb). The restaurant is inspired and influenced by our friend, Barbara Joan Hansen, pioneer ethnic food writer. As Barbara wrote in the book introduction,...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) BananaLeafLa now serves the valley by popular demand at Banana Leaf Express. The authentic Indian food menu is available by pick-up, delivery and in the small, cozy sit-down cafe. Owner-Chef Sri Sambangi of Banana Leaf Cafe in Culver City continues his mission to introduce authentic, exclusive Southern I...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Heavenly selections from kosher Binyamina Winery in Israel completed what felt like a heavenly Tel-Aviv Groove experience last fall. So it was exciting when the invitation arrived to a Binyamina wine-pairing dinner this winter with at Nua restaurant. (Please see //localfoodeater.com/tel-aviv-grooves-aut...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 